Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Mart. 2776 AUC ~ 2 Anthesterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- 3rd-century-B.C. woman was buried facedown with a nail hole in her skull. Here’s why. | Live Science
- Family comes face to face with 1,400-year-old decorative clay figure | The Times of Israel
- Israeli family discovers ancient Byzantine relic on Shabbat walk – The Jerusalem Post
- Newly discovered ancient grave may allow archaeologists to retrace Gilan’s history – Tehran Times
- Devil’s Highway: The Roman road that can still be tracked through stunning Berkshire countryside – Berkshire Live
- Damaged artifacts moved to safe museums
- Mediterranean hunter-gatherers relied on marine resources more than previously thought – News and events, University of York
In Case You Missed It
- 2,000-Year-Old Phallic Object May Be the First Known Roman Sex Toy – ARTnews.com
- Phallus maximus? This 2,000-year-old wooden artifact could be an ancient Roman dildo | CBC Radio
- Roman Concrete Had “Self-Healing” Properties, Study Finds
Classicists and Classics in the News
- NHM, UIC Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies Co-Host Homerathon – The National Herald
- Dr. Catherine Baker discusses artifacts from Pompeii excavation project – Massachusetts Daily Collegian
- Professor George Huxley, classics scholar and mathematician who became unwittingly embroiled in Bloody Sunday – obituary
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- Classics shorts | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- BBC Radio 3 – Free Thinking, Phaedra, Cretan palaces and the minotaur
- Anger, politics, death: Revisiting ‘The Iliad’ through a modern lens | Connecticut Public
- FORUM: Bring on the Bazaar – Current
Fresh Bloggery
- Scythians: Lucian on a competition between Toxaris and Mnesippos about ethnic superiority (mid-second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Egyptians: Cicero on superstition and animal-worship (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- DYEP? (Do You Even Philosophy?) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Prayer to the Trinity
- More on Survey Archaeology | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Loose Mortar
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: What makes a metal artefact an ‘object of outstanding historical, archaeological or cultural importance’ in UK?
- The Five Categories of the Soul – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homerica. Das Fortleben Homers in den Papyri
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Otto Jahn und Adolf Michaelis – Briefwechsel 1848 bis 1869: Kommentierte Textausgabe
- Kiwi Hellenist: Translating gender
- The Wrong Monkey: Truth and Prejudice, and Steven Runciman
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Collector’s Loot Returns to Cambodia from UK
- OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Homeric Subliterary Papyri
- The Cycle of Regimes — ConsultTheClassics
Other Blog-like Publications
- Hidden from the Romans: 200 tons of silver on the shores of the river Lahn
- Roman military camps and evidence of silver mining found in the Bad Ems area
- Coins of Ancient Greek Pamphylia
- February 22nd | Fastorum Liber Secundus: Februarius – by M.
Fresh Podcasts
The guys take a brief break from Vergil this week to talk about some of Dave’s recent translation work. The theme is Scottish divine Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) and his Scholastic magnum opus Examen Arminianismi (‘A Careful Review of Arminianism’). This is for a forthcoming publication by Reformation Heritage Books. After spending a little time on Rutherford’s bio and background – including pedagogy of the 17th century – we get into some of the nuances and challenges of Scholastic Latin. Its plain, unadorned style, jawbreaking adverbs and abstruse, Thomistic constructions (indeclinabiliter, reduplicative, in facto esse, in fieri), and repetition for the sake of clarity, all come under the microscope. So if you’re interested in the translator’s task, in 17th century theological Latin, in some of the politics and controversy of the life of a famous Puritan, then be sure to tune in for this one!
Fresh Youtubery
- What was the Main form of Government in Ancient Rome? – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- This Ancient Civilization Wasn’t Discovered Until 2001! Jiroft: Iran’s Lost Civilization – YouTube | Dig It With Raven
- The Wild History Of The Roman Empire: Book Review of I, CLAUDIUS By Robert Graves – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- 48. Carinus – A Monster – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- Recreating Cleopatra’s 2,000 Year Old Feast – YouTube | Mythical Kitchen
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Marc Gasser-Wingate, Aristotle’s empiricism. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Iris Därmann, Aloys Winterling, Oikonomia und Ökonomie im klassischen Griechenland: Theorie, Praxis, Transformation. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
- In Photos: Waziri I Papyrus for first time at Egyptian Museum in Tahrir after discovery & restoration – Museums – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- The world of employment in ancient Athens | eKathimerini.com
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- The Gods of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture
- 17th Trends in Classics International Conference | Department of Literature
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Dickinson Summer Greek Workshop 2023: Plutarch, Bravery of Women | Dickinson College Commentaries
- Course Instructor Trent – The Classical Association of Canada
- The Battle of Marathon: How a Battle Can Shape Culture | Wolfson
- Postdoctoral Researcher: Archaeology of Roman Failure
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- A Brief History of Pancakes | History| Smithsonian Magazine
- Feeling an affinity with Alexander the Great, Akbar commissioned a special manuscript on his life
- The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo
- Famous travelers to Türkiye: Hadrian, emperor with wanderlust | Daily Sabah
- Thinking Like a Roman Emperor Is Good Philosophy and Therapy | Psychology Today
- Michele Zazzi. Le defixiones etrusche. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia
Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders, it portends abundance, but also many mice and deer.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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